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A beach.

Outdoors

3 tiny Florida reptiles finally get endangered status as sea rise and development close in

A garter ribbon snake.

Outdoors

Texas naturalist spots ribbon snake chilling in a Coors Light six-pack, then rescues it

A brown snake coiled on the ground, with its head raised and tail visible.

Outdoors

In California, striped kingsnakes turn rattlers into prey, venom and all

A python.

Home

Mother goes to cook for her children in India, finds 12-foot python on the kitchen slab

A person uses a snake-catching tool near a snake in a kitchen area.

Outdoors

South Africa lodge staff run from quarters, then rescuers uncover huge black mamba

A Russian rat snake.

Outdoors

Abandoned snake turns up at UK vet with no exotics staff, sparking urgent plea for help

An alligator.

Outdoors

Oklahoma hunters pull in 14-foot, 6-inch gator in Louisiana using a tractor to lift it

A group of small mammals with brown fur clustered together.

Home

Oregon police tow 2 parked cars, then uncover 100-plus pet rats and 18 newborns

An opossum forages on green grass.

Home

Texas homeowner finds huge hole under house, then night camera catches opossum carrying 10 babies

A person looking under a car's hood.

Home

Pennsylvania driver stops for gas, pops hood, and says a python lunged from the engine bay

A snake is coiled inside a kitchen cabinet next to plates and kitchen utensils.

Outdoors

A 5-foot snake curls up with the kitchen utensils at a resort, rescuers capture it by hand

A close-up of a skin area on a forearm showing two small red spots.

Outdoors

Texas elementary staffer is bitten by snake, with its species a mystery